# Set permissions for file created using output plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-permissions-for-file-created-using-output-plugin/26842>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 5, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-permissions-for-file-created-using-output-plugin/26842 "2015-08-05T03:43:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kkomv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@kkomv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kkomv)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-permissions-for-file-created-using-output-plugin/26842/1 "2015-08-05T03:43:27Z")

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Is there a way to set specific permissions for a file when it is created by file output plugin in logstash?

```
output {
  if "ERROR" == [@loglevel]{
    file {
          path => "/logs/consolidated-errors.log"
        }
    }
```

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 5:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-permissions-for-file-created-using-output-plugin/26842/2 "2015-08-05T05:59:09Z")

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The plugin itself has no such feature and I can't come up with another clean way of doing it either, unless it's doable by setting the umask in the init script (or equivalent)?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 5:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-permissions-for-file-created-using-output-plugin/26842/3 "2017-07-06T05:32:53Z")

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